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Every student is highly encouraged to participate in this exciting event. Help us reach our goal of $12,000 to meet the needs of our classroom and school departments. All funds raised will go directly towards our teachers and school needs.

Donations are tax deductible.

Important Dates:

• Wednesday, November 6th-  “Calling all Turkey Trot Joggers” Students will receive donation pledge envelopes during P.E.
• November 18th-22nd- Donation envelopes will be collected during P.E
• Friday, November 22nd- Turkey Trot (during students’ P.E. class)

*Additional donation envelopes can  be obtained from Mrs. Garcia in the front office.

** To participate, a student must raise a minimum of $20.00

For every lap that is completed the student will receive a raffle ticket to enter into a drawing. Separate raffles will be drawn per P.E. class period.

Raffle Prizes Per Period: In and Out lunch, 1 month lunch fast- pass, $10.00 Starbucks card.

The top three sellers school-wide will receive:

• 1st top seller AirPods
• 2nd top seller Bluetooth Speaker
• 3rd top seller Alexa Dot

*If we raise $8,000.00, we will raffle a second set of top prizes for the students who raised at least $20.00

If you have any questions please contact Dawn Johnson at 1 408 599-8623

* Need some Turkey Trot Gear? We are selling Turkey Hats for an additional $10.00 donation that goes straight to ASMS, trust us you will be “the life of the run.”

Welcome to the 2019-20 school year.  We are appreciative of your flexibility and patience as we work hard to solve the traffic issues at morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.  We are working tirelessly to improve the flow of traffic in and out of campus.  We would like to share with you some improvements that have been implemented this week to expedite the process:

1.       All busses and construction vehicles will enter and exit campus through an alternate route that will not interfere with vehicle traffic flow.  Even though bus entry and exit points have changed, the drop-off and pick-up location for student bus riders remains the same.

2.      Students who are walking or riding to or from school need to follow the “way signs” directing them to the appropriate sidewalks. 

3.      Drivers entering campus via Club Drive heading southbound on Santa Teresa will use the first left turn lane as they approach Club. 

4.      Drivers entering campus via Club Drive going northbound will enter lanes designated by cones from Santa Teresa prior to turning on Club Drive.

5.      Parents may also drop students off in the morning or pick them up in the afternoon by parking on Third Street or Uvas Park Drive.  Students can access or leave campus using the Debell Uvas Creek Walking and Biking Preserve Trail.  Students using the trail will not have to cross any streets and District Office staff will be stationed along the bridge to monitor students as they travel to and from.  Please see the accompanying map.

Thank you for your continued patience as we work through this situation.

As expected, traffic around Solorsano Middle School was heavily impacted due to the Christmas Hill Park and Miller Avenue closures.  We appreciate your patience as we work with the City of Gilroy to try to mitigate these delays as best as possible.

For now, there are some things you can do to help expedite the process:

• Keep it moving!  Please keep moving forward as you enter campus for morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.  Minimize the space between you and the car in front of you.  Unused space between cars is causing unnecessary back-ups onto Santa Teresa.  
• Even if you're early, be patient.  Again, please don't park along the pick-up and drop-off lines.  The back-up this causes doesn't save any time for drivers and adds to the back-up entering and exiting from Santa Teresa.

Attention families of current eighth-graders: Learn about the Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy and the early college concept at the school's annual recruitment night, from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8. 

This GECA event is open to all current eighth-graders, who will be freshmen in the 2019-'20 school year. Interested students and families will get up-to-date information about the application process and school, meet staff and students and check out the campus. 

• When: 6-8 p.m. Nov. 8.
• Where: Multipurpose room, GECA, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
• Parking: Buy a parking permit for $2 at parking lot C or A.

The application period is from Nov. 9-Dec. 10. Visit GECA's website to learn more about the school.